Web seriesThe online magazine that helps LGBTQ+ women to stay updated with entertaining blogs and breaking news about LGBT rights.https://www.lezbelib.com/tag/discrimination/feed/rss/page-132019-02-22T15:38:14+00:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementPresident Obama Plans An Order To Protect LGBT Federal Employees2014-07-02T22:57:42+00:002014-07-02T22:57:42+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/president-obama-plans-an-order-to-protect-lgbt-federal-employeesE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/barack-obama.jpg" alt="barack-obama" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">On Monday, President Barack Obama announced he was preparing an order prohibiting discrimination against federal employees based on gender identity. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">There is little we had already mentioned <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/president-obama-agrees-with-trans-students-protection-law-and-could-sign-an-order-to-protect-lgbt-employees-against-discriminations">the President of the United States wanted to also protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors</a>. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">It thus extends a little more protection for our community and responds to an expected demand for many years.</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/barack-obama.jpg" alt="barack-obama" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">On Monday, President Barack Obama announced he was preparing an order prohibiting discrimination against federal employees based on gender identity. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">There is little we had already mentioned <a href="https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/president-obama-agrees-with-trans-students-protection-law-and-could-sign-an-order-to-protect-lgbt-employees-against-discriminations">the President of the United States wanted to also protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors</a>. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">It thus extends a little more protection for our community and responds to an expected demand for many years.</span></span></p></div>President Obama Agrees With The Law To Protect Trans* Students And Could Sign An Order To Protect LGBT Employees Against Discrimination2014-06-16T23:53:28+00:002014-06-16T23:53:28+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/president-obama-agrees-with-trans-students-protection-law-and-could-sign-an-order-to-protect-lgbt-employees-against-discriminationsE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>&nbsp;<img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/barack-obama.jpg" alt="barack-obama" width="171" height="212" /></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_330"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="ud_31"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_528"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_066"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1118"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1311"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_158"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1613"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1810"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1910"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2011"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_064"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2210"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2311"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_248"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_267"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_276"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_298"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_305"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_343"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_365"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_140"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_229"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_063"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_715"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_428"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_527"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_615"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_815"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1012"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1117"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1310"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_157"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1612"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_062"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1711"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_247"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_259"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_266"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_057"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_721"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_731"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_741"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_120"></a><span lang="en">President Barack Obama has supported the protection of trans* students against discrimination and is about to sign a law that would prevent discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.<br /></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Last April, the US Department of Education prohibited discrimination against trans* students, adding in the protective article which says that </span><span lang="en"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,»</span> the gender identity concept.</span><span lang="fr-FR"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="result_box8"></a>Recently, during a Q&amp;A session on Tumblr, the US president said he was in favor of this law: <a href="http://whitehouse.tumblr.com/post/88412719118/in-case-you-missed-it-president-obama-answers-your">http://whitehouse.tumblr.com/post/88412719118/in-case-you-missed-it-president-obama-answers-your</a></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Moreover, according to the White House, President Barack Obama apparently intends to sign an order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors against employees based on their identity or sexual orientation.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This law was approved last year by the Senate, but the House had stopped its progression.</span></p>
<p>As explained by <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-sign-order-extending-protections-gays-24157931"><em>ABC News</em></a>, while Obama lacks the authority to extend that protection to all Americans, the order being drafted by the White House would impact about 14 million workers whose employers or states currently do not ban workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.</p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>&nbsp;<img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/barack-obama.jpg" alt="barack-obama" width="171" height="212" /></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_330"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="ud_31"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_528"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_066"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1118"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1311"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_158"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1613"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1810"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1910"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2011"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_064"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2210"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_2311"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_248"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_267"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_276"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_298"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_305"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_343"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_365"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_140"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_229"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_063"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_715"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_428"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_527"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_615"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_815"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1012"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1117"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1310"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_157"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1612"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_062"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_1711"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_247"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_259"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_266"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_057"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_721"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_731"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="token_741"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_120"></a><span lang="en">President Barack Obama has supported the protection of trans* students against discrimination and is about to sign a law that would prevent discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.<br /></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Last April, the US Department of Education prohibited discrimination against trans* students, adding in the protective article which says that </span><span lang="en"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,»</span> the gender identity concept.</span><span lang="fr-FR"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="result_box8"></a>Recently, during a Q&amp;A session on Tumblr, the US president said he was in favor of this law: <a href="http://whitehouse.tumblr.com/post/88412719118/in-case-you-missed-it-president-obama-answers-your">http://whitehouse.tumblr.com/post/88412719118/in-case-you-missed-it-president-obama-answers-your</a></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Moreover, according to the White House, President Barack Obama apparently intends to sign an order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors against employees based on their identity or sexual orientation.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This law was approved last year by the Senate, but the House had stopped its progression.</span></p>
<p>As explained by <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-sign-order-extending-protections-gays-24157931"><em>ABC News</em></a>, while Obama lacks the authority to extend that protection to all Americans, the order being drafted by the White House would impact about 14 million workers whose employers or states currently do not ban workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.</p></div>The St Francis Xavier Church Fired A Coordinator Of Social Ministries Because She Is Lesbian2014-05-22T21:52:56+00:002014-05-22T21:52:56+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/the-st-francis-xavier-church-fired-a-coordinator-of-social-ministries-because-she-is-lesbianE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Colleen_Simon.jpeg" alt="Colleen Simon" width="347" height="235" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_218"></a><a name="token_415"></a><a name="token_316"></a><a name="token_98"></a><a name="token_1111"></a><a name="token_126"></a><a name="token_134"></a><a name="token_147"></a><a name="token_168"></a><a name="token_195"></a><a name="token_206"></a><a name="token_217"></a><a name="token_226"></a><a name="token_234"></a><a name="token_244"></a><a name="token_252"></a><a name="token_264"></a><a name="token_274"></a><a name="token_283"></a><a name="token_294"></a><a name="token_304"></a><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_315"></a><a name="token_414"></a><a name="token_57"></a><a name="token_66"></a><a name="token_72"></a><a name="token_97"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_1110"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_146"></a><a name="token_154"></a><a name="Sp2.s3_o1"></a><a name="token_167"></a><a name="token_185"></a><a name="token_205"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_225"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_243"></a><a name="token_017"></a><a name="token_263"></a><a name="token_273"></a><a name="token_293"></a><a name="token_303"></a><a name="token_323"></a><a name="token_334"></a><a name="token_342"></a><a name="token_353"></a><a name="token_363"></a><a name="token_372"></a><a name="token_016"></a><a name="token_392"></a><a name="token_423"></a><a name="token_442"></a><a name="token_452"></a><a name="token_461"></a><a name="token_481"></a><a name="token_502"></a><a name="token_521"></a><a name="token_541"></a><a name="token_551"></a><a name="token_214"></a><a name="token_312"></a><a name="token_012"></a><a name="token_48"></a><a name="token_55"></a><a name="token_011"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_95"></a><a name="token_101"></a><a name="token_122"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="token_142"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_175"></a><a name="token_184"></a><a name="token_010"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_213"></a>Colleen Simon worked as coordinator of social ministries within St Francis Xavier Church in Kansas City until one discovers that she is a lesbian and married to another woman.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Colleen Simon recently lost her work, fired because of her sexual orientation. And despite everything, Colleen is turned over to do her work in the days which followed her dismissal because she sees this work like a will of God and moreover, she did not want the food to be lost.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Simon is at the origin of the program which allowed and always makes it possible to nourish many people in the need.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_119"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_015"></a><a name="token_313"></a><a name="token_413"></a><a name="token_56"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_153"></a><a name="token_176"></a><a name="token_194"></a><a name="token_013"></a><a name="token_215"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_116"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a><a name="token_212"></a><a name="token_04"></a><a name="token_37"></a><a name="token_47"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_64"></a><a name="token_94"></a><a name="token_10"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_133"></a><a name="token_141"></a><a name="token_151"></a><a name="token_162"></a><a name="token_172"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_211"></a><a name="token_223"></a><a name="token_242"></a><a name="token_262"></a><a name="token_292"></a><a name="token_282"></a><a name="token_31"></a><a name="token_333"></a><a name="token_362"></a><a name="token_352"></a><a name="token_38"></a><a name="token_39"></a><a name="token_401"></a><a name="token_422"></a>But the diocese of Kansas doesn't care about her faith and her commitment to help the others.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Married with the reverend Donna Simon, she never truly hid her relationship even if she entrusts that within her work, she was not either openly discuss it and sometimes used male pronouns to speak about her wife.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“You don’t want your legacy to be one of division and ugliness,” she said. “It’s awful. But there are laws, and until that law gets changed in the church, it is what it is.”</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_1"></a><a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a><a name="token_4"></a><a name="token_51"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_8"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_111"></a><a name="token_13"></a><a name="token_15"></a><a name="token_161"></a><a name="token_171"></a><a name="token_181"></a><a name="token_19"></a><a name="token_201"></a><a name="token_21"></a><a name="Sp6.s3_o"></a><a name="token_231"></a><a name="token_221"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_02"></a><a name="token_261"></a><a name="token_272"></a><a name="token_28"></a><a name="token_29"></a><a name="token_302"></a><a name="token_01"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="token_351"></a>She said herself disgusted but specified that indignation did not have its place in this story. She simply hopes to find a new work even if she knows that will be hard.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Photo credit: The Kansas City Star</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Colleen_Simon.jpeg" alt="Colleen Simon" width="347" height="235" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_218"></a><a name="token_415"></a><a name="token_316"></a><a name="token_98"></a><a name="token_1111"></a><a name="token_126"></a><a name="token_134"></a><a name="token_147"></a><a name="token_168"></a><a name="token_195"></a><a name="token_206"></a><a name="token_217"></a><a name="token_226"></a><a name="token_234"></a><a name="token_244"></a><a name="token_252"></a><a name="token_264"></a><a name="token_274"></a><a name="token_283"></a><a name="token_294"></a><a name="token_304"></a><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_315"></a><a name="token_414"></a><a name="token_57"></a><a name="token_66"></a><a name="token_72"></a><a name="token_97"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_1110"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_146"></a><a name="token_154"></a><a name="Sp2.s3_o1"></a><a name="token_167"></a><a name="token_185"></a><a name="token_205"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_225"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_243"></a><a name="token_017"></a><a name="token_263"></a><a name="token_273"></a><a name="token_293"></a><a name="token_303"></a><a name="token_323"></a><a name="token_334"></a><a name="token_342"></a><a name="token_353"></a><a name="token_363"></a><a name="token_372"></a><a name="token_016"></a><a name="token_392"></a><a name="token_423"></a><a name="token_442"></a><a name="token_452"></a><a name="token_461"></a><a name="token_481"></a><a name="token_502"></a><a name="token_521"></a><a name="token_541"></a><a name="token_551"></a><a name="token_214"></a><a name="token_312"></a><a name="token_012"></a><a name="token_48"></a><a name="token_55"></a><a name="token_011"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_95"></a><a name="token_101"></a><a name="token_122"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="token_142"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_175"></a><a name="token_184"></a><a name="token_010"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_213"></a>Colleen Simon worked as coordinator of social ministries within St Francis Xavier Church in Kansas City until one discovers that she is a lesbian and married to another woman.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Colleen Simon recently lost her work, fired because of her sexual orientation. And despite everything, Colleen is turned over to do her work in the days which followed her dismissal because she sees this work like a will of God and moreover, she did not want the food to be lost.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Simon is at the origin of the program which allowed and always makes it possible to nourish many people in the need.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_119"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_015"></a><a name="token_313"></a><a name="token_413"></a><a name="token_56"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_153"></a><a name="token_176"></a><a name="token_194"></a><a name="token_013"></a><a name="token_215"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_116"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a><a name="token_212"></a><a name="token_04"></a><a name="token_37"></a><a name="token_47"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_64"></a><a name="token_94"></a><a name="token_10"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_133"></a><a name="token_141"></a><a name="token_151"></a><a name="token_162"></a><a name="token_172"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_211"></a><a name="token_223"></a><a name="token_242"></a><a name="token_262"></a><a name="token_292"></a><a name="token_282"></a><a name="token_31"></a><a name="token_333"></a><a name="token_362"></a><a name="token_352"></a><a name="token_38"></a><a name="token_39"></a><a name="token_401"></a><a name="token_422"></a>But the diocese of Kansas doesn't care about her faith and her commitment to help the others.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Married with the reverend Donna Simon, she never truly hid her relationship even if she entrusts that within her work, she was not either openly discuss it and sometimes used male pronouns to speak about her wife.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“You don’t want your legacy to be one of division and ugliness,” she said. “It’s awful. But there are laws, and until that law gets changed in the church, it is what it is.”</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_1"></a><a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a><a name="token_4"></a><a name="token_51"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_8"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_111"></a><a name="token_13"></a><a name="token_15"></a><a name="token_161"></a><a name="token_171"></a><a name="token_181"></a><a name="token_19"></a><a name="token_201"></a><a name="token_21"></a><a name="Sp6.s3_o"></a><a name="token_231"></a><a name="token_221"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_02"></a><a name="token_261"></a><a name="token_272"></a><a name="token_28"></a><a name="token_29"></a><a name="token_302"></a><a name="token_01"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="token_351"></a>She said herself disgusted but specified that indignation did not have its place in this story. She simply hopes to find a new work even if she knows that will be hard.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Photo credit: The Kansas City Star</span></p></div>Study Shows The Philippines Start To Tolerate LGBT People2014-05-20T23:13:00+00:002014-05-20T23:13:00+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/asia-africa-etc-news/study-shows-the-philippines-start-to-tolerate-lgbt-peopleE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/philippines.jpg" alt="philippines" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_314"></a><a name="token_713"></a><a name="token_98"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_1010"></a><a name="token_149"></a><a name="token_158"></a><a name="token_169"></a><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a><a name="token_040"></a><a name="token_313"></a><a name="token_46"></a><a name="token_56"></a><a name="token_109"></a><a name="token_119"></a>In spite of discriminations, LGBT people are more and more accepted in the Philippines.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">According to a United Nations-backed study of Michael Tan, “cultural and social attitudes towards LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among &nbsp;the young.”</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_210"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_45"></a><a name="token_024"></a><a name="token_710"></a><a name="token_87"></a><a name="token_023"></a><a name="token_118"></a><a name="token_108"></a><a name="token_127"></a><a name="token_147"></a><a name="token_167"></a><a name="token_195"></a><a name="token_205"></a><a name="Sp3.s3_o"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_253"></a><a name="token_282"></a><a name="token_324"></a><a name="token_342"></a><a name="token_364"></a><a name="token_018"></a><a name="token_381"></a><a name="token_391"></a><a name="token_401"></a><a name="token_412"></a><a name="token_44"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="Sp4.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_29"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_43"></a><a name="token_63"></a><a name="token_116"></a><a name="token_014"></a><a name="token_012"></a><a name="token_136"></a><a name="token_145"></a><a name="token_156"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_194"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_09"></a><a name="token_223"></a><a name="token_262"></a><a name="token_274"></a><a name="token_281"></a><a name="token_08"></a><a name="token_301"></a><a name="token_323"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_07"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="token_361"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_42"></a><a name="token_33"></a><a name="token_53"></a><a name="token_86"></a><a name="token_95"></a><a name="token_107"></a><a name="token_135"></a><a name="token_11"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_165"></a><a name="token_182"></a><a name="token_272"></a><a name="token_03"></a><a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a><a name="token_22"></a><a name="token_32"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_02"></a><a name="token_6"></a><a name="token_7"></a><a name="token_85"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_01"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_13"></a><a name="token_0"></a><a name="token_15"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_181"></a>Homosexuality is not a crime but the same-sex relationships are not legal. In the Philippines, there exists no marriage equality or civil union law and trans* people cannot change their identity papers. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">However, recently, some big cities adopted anti-discrimination laws but that remains isolated cases because the government did not accept that such a law passed to the national plan.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This study also shows that much of LGBT people are discriminated and sometimes even bullied at work and in school. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The road towards equality is certainly still long but the movement for a change is started.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/philippines.jpg" alt="philippines" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_314"></a><a name="token_713"></a><a name="token_98"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_1010"></a><a name="token_149"></a><a name="token_158"></a><a name="token_169"></a><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a><a name="token_040"></a><a name="token_313"></a><a name="token_46"></a><a name="token_56"></a><a name="token_109"></a><a name="token_119"></a>In spite of discriminations, LGBT people are more and more accepted in the Philippines.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">According to a United Nations-backed study of Michael Tan, “cultural and social attitudes towards LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among &nbsp;the young.”</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_210"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_45"></a><a name="token_024"></a><a name="token_710"></a><a name="token_87"></a><a name="token_023"></a><a name="token_118"></a><a name="token_108"></a><a name="token_127"></a><a name="token_147"></a><a name="token_167"></a><a name="token_195"></a><a name="token_205"></a><a name="Sp3.s3_o"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_253"></a><a name="token_282"></a><a name="token_324"></a><a name="token_342"></a><a name="token_364"></a><a name="token_018"></a><a name="token_381"></a><a name="token_391"></a><a name="token_401"></a><a name="token_412"></a><a name="token_44"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="Sp4.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_29"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_43"></a><a name="token_63"></a><a name="token_116"></a><a name="token_014"></a><a name="token_012"></a><a name="token_136"></a><a name="token_145"></a><a name="token_156"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_194"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_09"></a><a name="token_223"></a><a name="token_262"></a><a name="token_274"></a><a name="token_281"></a><a name="token_08"></a><a name="token_301"></a><a name="token_323"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_07"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="token_361"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_42"></a><a name="token_33"></a><a name="token_53"></a><a name="token_86"></a><a name="token_95"></a><a name="token_107"></a><a name="token_135"></a><a name="token_11"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_165"></a><a name="token_182"></a><a name="token_272"></a><a name="token_03"></a><a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a><a name="token_22"></a><a name="token_32"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_02"></a><a name="token_6"></a><a name="token_7"></a><a name="token_85"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_01"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_13"></a><a name="token_0"></a><a name="token_15"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_181"></a>Homosexuality is not a crime but the same-sex relationships are not legal. In the Philippines, there exists no marriage equality or civil union law and trans* people cannot change their identity papers. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">However, recently, some big cities adopted anti-discrimination laws but that remains isolated cases because the government did not accept that such a law passed to the national plan.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This study also shows that much of LGBT people are discriminated and sometimes even bullied at work and in school. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The road towards equality is certainly still long but the movement for a change is started.</span></p></div>Two Italian Lesbian Women Arrested After Kissing Could Be Condemned For Lewd Acts2014-05-09T22:46:42+00:002014-05-09T22:46:42+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/europe-news/two-italian-lesbian-women-arrested-after-kissing-could-be-condemned-for-obscene-actionsE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/fregene.jpg" alt="fregene" width="293" height="104" /></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></span>In May 2013, in Fregene, Italy, a lesbian couple had been arrested after being kissed on the beach.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">They now face legal action after their kiss was described by the prosecutor of Rome as an obscene action because they have been </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“explicitly found in sexual actions by means of kisses and touching in a public place.”</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">According to <a href="http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/05/03/news/fregene_effusioni_saffiche_in_spiaggia_ragazze_rischiano_processo-85121329/"><em>Roma Republica</em></a>, </span><span lang="en">the two young women taking the sun on the beach decided at one time to move to sit down in a zone without wind and inquisitive eyes.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Some people on the beach also took this trip with a desire to have sex. So they called the police who arrested the two women. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Today, they are accused of lewd acts and there could be a trial. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Here's what's happening with the fucking stupidity of some people! These women, if convicted, will find themselves living with a criminal record all their lives! <br /></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Photo credit: Signita.it</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/fregene.jpg" alt="fregene" width="293" height="104" /></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></span>In May 2013, in Fregene, Italy, a lesbian couple had been arrested after being kissed on the beach.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">They now face legal action after their kiss was described by the prosecutor of Rome as an obscene action because they have been </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">“explicitly found in sexual actions by means of kisses and touching in a public place.”</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">According to <a href="http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/05/03/news/fregene_effusioni_saffiche_in_spiaggia_ragazze_rischiano_processo-85121329/"><em>Roma Republica</em></a>, </span><span lang="en">the two young women taking the sun on the beach decided at one time to move to sit down in a zone without wind and inquisitive eyes.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Some people on the beach also took this trip with a desire to have sex. So they called the police who arrested the two women. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Today, they are accused of lewd acts and there could be a trial. <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Here's what's happening with the fucking stupidity of some people! These women, if convicted, will find themselves living with a criminal record all their lives! <br /></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en">Photo credit: Signita.it</span></span></p></div>Kentucky Print Shop 'Herald Embroidery' Shows Discrimination Against LGBT People With Anti-LGBT Sticker2014-05-06T15:21:25+00:002014-05-06T15:21:25+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/kentucky-print-shop-herald-embroidery-shows-discrimination-against-lgbt-people-with-anti-lgbt-stickerE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Herald_Embroidery_anti_LGBT_sticker.jpg" alt="Herald Embroidery anti LGBT sticker" width="346" height="312" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_319"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_49"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_030"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_107"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_94"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_106"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_105"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_1110"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_125"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_132"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_145"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_156"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_166"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_186"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_194"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_225"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_029"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_256"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_028"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_027"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_245"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_265"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_277"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_026"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_296"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_302"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_025"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_318"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_324"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_120"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp2.s2_o1"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_219"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_317"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_46"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_54"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_63"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_74"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_93"></a>&nbsp;In Kentucky, a print shop (T-shirts and other posters) clearly shows its refusal to serve all LGBT customers with an anti-LGBT sticker stuck on the door of the store.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>&ldquo;Herald Embroidery&rdquo; explains on its website (<a href="http://www.heraldembroidery.com/">http://www.heraldembroidery.com/</a>):</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&ldquo;While we will serve all customers who treat our place of business with respect, we reserve the right to refuse to produce promotional products that promote ideas that are not in keeping with our consciences.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&ldquo;This includes, but is not limited to content promoting homosexuality, freemasonry, the use of foul language, and imagery which promotes immodesty.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_115"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_214"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_015"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_42"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_51"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_62"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_83"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_103"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_114"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_014"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_131"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_141"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_164"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_152"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_172"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_183"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_193"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_201"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_213"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_232"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_222"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_241"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_013"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_273"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_282"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_012"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_292"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_301"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_113"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_210"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_02"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_5"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_4"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_6"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_82"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_9"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_102"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_112"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_122"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_151"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_171"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_181"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_192"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_20"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_212"></a>&nbsp;<a name="ud_41"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_221"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_252"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_262"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_272"></a>&nbsp;Last March, the legislators of Kentucky succeeded in making pass a law of religious protection which allows this kind of discrimination and intolerance by overriding the veto of the governor. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Here thus the perfect example of what this law provides against the LGBT community but also against any person being connected with this one.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Herald_Embroidery_anti_LGBT_sticker.jpg" alt="Herald Embroidery anti LGBT sticker" width="346" height="312" style="float: left;" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_319"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_49"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_030"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_107"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_94"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_106"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_105"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_1110"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_125"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_132"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_145"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_156"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_166"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_186"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_194"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_225"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_029"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_256"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_028"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_027"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_245"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_265"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_277"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_026"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_296"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_302"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_025"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_318"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_324"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_120"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp2.s2_o1"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_219"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_317"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_46"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_54"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_63"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_74"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_93"></a>&nbsp;In Kentucky, a print shop (T-shirts and other posters) clearly shows its refusal to serve all LGBT customers with an anti-LGBT sticker stuck on the door of the store.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>&ldquo;Herald Embroidery&rdquo; explains on its website (<a href="http://www.heraldembroidery.com/">http://www.heraldembroidery.com/</a>):</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&ldquo;While we will serve all customers who treat our place of business with respect, we reserve the right to refuse to produce promotional products that promote ideas that are not in keeping with our consciences.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">&ldquo;This includes, but is not limited to content promoting homosexuality, freemasonry, the use of foul language, and imagery which promotes immodesty.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_115"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_214"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_015"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_42"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_51"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_62"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_83"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_103"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_114"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_014"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_131"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_141"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_164"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_152"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_172"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_183"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_193"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_201"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_213"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_232"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_222"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_241"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_013"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_273"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_282"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_012"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_292"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_301"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_113"></a>&nbsp;<a name="Sp6.s2_o"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_210"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_02"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_5"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_4"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_6"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_82"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_9"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_102"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_112"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_122"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_151"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_171"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_181"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_192"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_20"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_212"></a>&nbsp;<a name="ud_41"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_221"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_252"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_262"></a>&nbsp;<a name="token_272"></a>&nbsp;Last March, the legislators of Kentucky succeeded in making pass a law of religious protection which allows this kind of discrimination and intolerance by overriding the veto of the governor. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Here thus the perfect example of what this law provides against the LGBT community but also against any person being connected with this one.</span></p></div>Army Colonel Offers His Burial Plot To Madelynn Taylor2014-05-02T22:15:57+00:002014-05-02T22:15:57+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/army-colonel-offers-his-burial-plot-to-madelynn-taylorE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madelynn_Taylor_and_Wife.jpg" alt="Madelynn Taylor and Wife" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_317"></a><a name="token_018"></a><a name="token_54"></a><a name="token_610"></a><a name="token_74"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_123"></a><a name="token_132"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_153"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_017"></a><a name="token_201"></a><a name="token_213"></a><a name="token_016"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_252"></a><a name="token_015"></a><a name="articleText"></a><a name="token_334"></a><a name="token_343"></a><a name="token_353"></a><a name="token_362"></a><a name="token_371"></a><a name="token_383"></a><a name="token_395"></a><a name="Sp1.s3_o"></a><a name="token_403"></a><a name="token_413"></a><a name="token_423"></a><a name="token_454"></a><a name="token_431"></a><a name="token_462"></a><a name="token_474"></a><a name="token_482"></a><a name="token_491"></a><a name="token_501"></a><a name="articleText1"></a>To continue on the story of Madelynn Taylor whose wish to be buried beside her late wife in the Idaho's cemetery of the veterans, a retired U.S. Army colonel offered his burial plot to Madelynn. Proof that there are good people in this world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"I am happy to give my fellow veteran that small peace of mind," retired U.S. Army Colonel Barry Johnson wrote in an open letter published on Wednesday in the <em>Idaho Statesman</em> newspaper. "And I do it to honor all the great Americans I've served with along the way - gay, straight, whatever."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_110"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_5"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_102"></a><a name="token_111"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_05"></a><a name="token_142"></a><a name="token_161"></a><a name="token_171"></a><a name="token_181"></a><a name="token_191"></a><a name="token_211"></a><a name="token_23"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_25"></a><a name="token_04"></a><a name="token_271"></a><a name="token_30"></a><a name="token_311"></a><a name="token_341"></a>It is not known yet if Madelynn will accept it AND if the cemetery will allow this or continue to discriminate her under pretext that there is no equal marriage law in Idaho.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">For information, Madelynn had been a victim of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy. After years of service within the navy, she had been fired for homosexuality so I really hope that this story will finish well.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madelynn_Taylor_and_Wife.jpg" alt="Madelynn Taylor and Wife" /></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_317"></a><a name="token_018"></a><a name="token_54"></a><a name="token_610"></a><a name="token_74"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_123"></a><a name="token_132"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_153"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_164"></a><a name="token_183"></a><a name="token_017"></a><a name="token_201"></a><a name="token_213"></a><a name="token_016"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_252"></a><a name="token_015"></a><a name="articleText"></a><a name="token_334"></a><a name="token_343"></a><a name="token_353"></a><a name="token_362"></a><a name="token_371"></a><a name="token_383"></a><a name="token_395"></a><a name="Sp1.s3_o"></a><a name="token_403"></a><a name="token_413"></a><a name="token_423"></a><a name="token_454"></a><a name="token_431"></a><a name="token_462"></a><a name="token_474"></a><a name="token_482"></a><a name="token_491"></a><a name="token_501"></a><a name="articleText1"></a>To continue on the story of Madelynn Taylor whose wish to be buried beside her late wife in the Idaho's cemetery of the veterans, a retired U.S. Army colonel offered his burial plot to Madelynn. Proof that there are good people in this world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">"I am happy to give my fellow veteran that small peace of mind," retired U.S. Army Colonel Barry Johnson wrote in an open letter published on Wednesday in the <em>Idaho Statesman</em> newspaper. "And I do it to honor all the great Americans I've served with along the way - gay, straight, whatever."</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_110"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_5"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_91"></a><a name="token_102"></a><a name="token_111"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_05"></a><a name="token_142"></a><a name="token_161"></a><a name="token_171"></a><a name="token_181"></a><a name="token_191"></a><a name="token_211"></a><a name="token_23"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_25"></a><a name="token_04"></a><a name="token_271"></a><a name="token_30"></a><a name="token_311"></a><a name="token_341"></a>It is not known yet if Madelynn will accept it AND if the cemetery will allow this or continue to discriminate her under pretext that there is no equal marriage law in Idaho.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">For information, Madelynn had been a victim of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy. After years of service within the navy, she had been fired for homosexuality so I really hope that this story will finish well.</span></p></div>Idaho Lesbian Navy Veteran Can't Be Buried With Her Late Wife2014-04-30T15:33:27+00:002014-04-30T15:33:27+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/idaho-lesbian-navy-veteran-can-t-be-buried-with-her-late-wifeE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madelynn_Taylor_and_Wife.jpg" alt="Madelynn Taylor and Wife" width="250" height="227" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_316"></a><a name="token_414"></a><a name="token_044"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_77"></a><a name="token_043"></a><a name="token_83"></a><a name="token_106"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_146"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_174"></a><a name="token_187"></a><a name="token_196"></a><a name="token_207"></a><a name="token_2111"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_236"></a><a name="token_245"></a><a name="token_255"></a><a name="token_265"></a><a name="token_042"></a><a name="token_285"></a><a name="token_303"></a><a name="token_315"></a><a name="token_324"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_120"></a><span style="background: transparent;">In Idaho, a veteran of the navy tried to be able to rest in peace once deceased beside her late wife but without success, the cemetery refused her request. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>According to <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/185966/cemetery-refuses-to-bury-gay-veteran-with-wife.html"><em>Newser</em></a>, </span>Madelynn Taylor, 74, asked the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery if their ashes could be placed together, but the cemetery said it had to respect the state's ban on gay marriage.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_118"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_215"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_410"></a><a name="token_55"></a><a name="token_93"></a><a name="Sp3.s3_o"></a><a name="token_105"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="token_034"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_136"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_163"></a><a name="token_033"></a><a name="token_182"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_202"></a><a name="Sp3.s4_o"></a><a name="token_214"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_032"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_261"></a><a name="token_281"></a><a name="token_291"></a><a name="token_301"></a><a name="token_312"></a><a name="token_322"></a><a name="token_331"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="Sp3.s5_o"></a><a name="token_031"></a><a name="token_381"></a><a name="token_391"></a><a name="token_40"></a><a name="token_411"></a><a name="token_42"></a><a name="token_451"></a><a name="token_46"></a><a name="token_47"></a><a name="token_114"></a><a name="Sp4.s2_o"></a><a name="token_34"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="Sp4.s3_o"></a><a name="token_011"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a><a name="token_212"></a><a name="token_3"></a><a name="token_010"></a><a name="token_41"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_0"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_81"></a><a name="token_92"></a><a name="token_101"></a><a name="token_112"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_132"></a><span style="background: transparent;">Madelynn will continue to fight and </span>added her name to the <a href="http://www.addthe4wordsidaho.org/" target="_blank">Add the 4 Words </a>movement to include "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" in Idaho's human rights act.<span style="background: transparent;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: transparent;">The government of the State decided to support the cemetery. </span><span style="background: transparent;">It is quite simply disgusting! </span><span style="background: transparent;">There is a moment when it is necessary to stop following the law. I think that the law does not have its place in this kind of request at all. Who will mind that her ashes rest beside the one of her wife? </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: transparent;">Photo credit: Starcasm</span></span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Madelynn_Taylor_and_Wife.jpg" alt="Madelynn Taylor and Wife" width="250" height="227" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_316"></a><a name="token_414"></a><a name="token_044"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_77"></a><a name="token_043"></a><a name="token_83"></a><a name="token_106"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_146"></a><a name="token_155"></a><a name="token_166"></a><a name="token_174"></a><a name="token_187"></a><a name="token_196"></a><a name="token_207"></a><a name="token_2111"></a><a name="token_224"></a><a name="token_236"></a><a name="token_245"></a><a name="token_255"></a><a name="token_265"></a><a name="token_042"></a><a name="token_285"></a><a name="token_303"></a><a name="token_315"></a><a name="token_324"></a><a name="token_332"></a><a name="token_120"></a><span style="background: transparent;">In Idaho, a veteran of the navy tried to be able to rest in peace once deceased beside her late wife but without success, the cemetery refused her request. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>According to <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/185966/cemetery-refuses-to-bury-gay-veteran-with-wife.html"><em>Newser</em></a>, </span>Madelynn Taylor, 74, asked the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery if their ashes could be placed together, but the cemetery said it had to respect the state's ban on gay marriage.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_118"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o"></a><a name="token_215"></a><a name="token_310"></a><a name="token_410"></a><a name="token_55"></a><a name="token_93"></a><a name="Sp3.s3_o"></a><a name="token_105"></a><a name="token_115"></a><a name="token_034"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_136"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_163"></a><a name="token_033"></a><a name="token_182"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_202"></a><a name="Sp3.s4_o"></a><a name="token_214"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_032"></a><a name="token_241"></a><a name="token_261"></a><a name="token_281"></a><a name="token_291"></a><a name="token_301"></a><a name="token_312"></a><a name="token_322"></a><a name="token_331"></a><a name="token_341"></a><a name="Sp3.s5_o"></a><a name="token_031"></a><a name="token_381"></a><a name="token_391"></a><a name="token_40"></a><a name="token_411"></a><a name="token_42"></a><a name="token_451"></a><a name="token_46"></a><a name="token_47"></a><a name="token_114"></a><a name="Sp4.s2_o"></a><a name="token_34"></a><a name="token_61"></a><a name="token_104"></a><a name="token_82"></a><a name="Sp4.s3_o"></a><a name="token_011"></a><a name="Sp5.s2_o"></a><a name="token_212"></a><a name="token_3"></a><a name="token_010"></a><a name="token_41"></a><a name="token_52"></a><a name="token_0"></a><a name="token_71"></a><a name="token_81"></a><a name="token_92"></a><a name="token_101"></a><a name="token_112"></a><a name="token_121"></a><a name="token_132"></a><span style="background: transparent;">Madelynn will continue to fight and </span>added her name to the <a href="http://www.addthe4wordsidaho.org/" target="_blank">Add the 4 Words </a>movement to include "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" in Idaho's human rights act.<span style="background: transparent;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: transparent;">The government of the State decided to support the cemetery. </span><span style="background: transparent;">It is quite simply disgusting! </span><span style="background: transparent;">There is a moment when it is necessary to stop following the law. I think that the law does not have its place in this kind of request at all. Who will mind that her ashes rest beside the one of her wife? </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: transparent;">Photo credit: Starcasm</span></span></p></div>Kansas Could Allow Schools To Easily Fire Gay And Lesbian Teachers2014-04-15T23:15:37+00:002014-04-15T23:15:37+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/kansas-could-allow-schools-to-easily-fire-gay-and-lesbian-teachersE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/kansas_wichita.jpeg" alt="kansas wichita" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_217"></a><a name="token_66"></a><a name="token_106"></a><a name="token_118"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_175"></a><a name="token_184"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o2"></a><a name="token_43"></a><a name="token_54"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_72"></a>A new bill could allow schools of Kansas to fire teachers because they are gay or lesbian.</span></p>
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<p>As reports <a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2014-04-06/equality-kansas-lobbying-against-bill-end-teacher-tenure"><em>The Associated Press</em></a>, in Kansas, state law says that after three years on the job, a teacher who’s facing dismissal must be told why in writing and has the right to challenge the decision and have a hearing officer review the case. The school funding bill strips teachers of those rights.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">As a result, schools could fire more easily and without having to be justified all teachers they would not be appropriate to them.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/kansas_wichita.jpeg" alt="kansas wichita" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_217"></a><a name="token_66"></a><a name="token_106"></a><a name="token_118"></a><a name="token_125"></a><a name="token_144"></a><a name="token_175"></a><a name="token_184"></a><a name="token_193"></a><a name="token_204"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_222"></a><a name="token_233"></a><a name="token_117"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o2"></a><a name="token_43"></a><a name="token_54"></a><a name="token_65"></a><a name="token_72"></a>A new bill could allow schools of Kansas to fire teachers because they are gay or lesbian.</span></p>
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<p>As reports <a href="http://cjonline.com/news/2014-04-06/equality-kansas-lobbying-against-bill-end-teacher-tenure"><em>The Associated Press</em></a>, in Kansas, state law says that after three years on the job, a teacher who’s facing dismissal must be told why in writing and has the right to challenge the decision and have a hearing officer review the case. The school funding bill strips teachers of those rights.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">As a result, schools could fire more easily and without having to be justified all teachers they would not be appropriate to them.</span></p></div>Anti-LGBTQ Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act Was Approved And Signed2014-04-09T23:55:37+00:002014-04-09T23:55:37+00:00https://www.lezbelib.com/us-news/anti-lgbtq-mississippi-religious-freedom-restoration-act-was-approved-and-signedE-Liinfo@lezbelib.com<div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Mississippi.jpg" alt="Mississippi" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_520"></a><a name="token_714"></a><a name="token_89"></a><a name="token_108"></a><a name="token_066"></a><a name="token_1111"></a><a name="token_064"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_207"></a><a name="token_229"></a><a name="token_246"></a><a name="token_234"></a><a name="token_259"></a><a name="token_058"></a><a name="token_2710"></a><a name="token_309"></a><a name="token_057"></a><a name="token_319"></a><a name="token_3210"></a><a name="token_335"></a><a name="token_054"></a><a name="token_355"></a><a name="token_375"></a><a name="token_127"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a><a name="token_318"></a><a name="token_218"></a><a name="token_426"></a><a name="token_053"></a><a name="token_614"></a><a name="token_713"></a><a name="token_88"></a><a name="token_93"></a><a name="token_107"></a>That does not go well in Mississippi where a religious freedom law will prevent the LGBTQ community from reaching the service companies of the State, including the medical departments.</span></p>
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<p>As <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/02/mississippi-religious-freedom-law-gay-people"><em>The Guardian</em></a> explains it, the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act specifies that “exercise of religion” includes “the ability to act or the refusal to act in a manner that is substantially motivated by one's sincerely held religious belief”. It allows state authorities to jeopardise this only when they have an “interest of the highest magnitude that cannot otherwise be achieved”.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_310"></a>Thus, as analysts for the Human Rights Campaign said, pharmacists in Mississippi would be entitled under the new law to refuse to provide hormone replacement therapy drugs or even HIV medication to people whose sexual orientation offended their religious standpoint.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In short, any service firm could refuse to accommodate, serve, lodge, marry, help a pregnant woman if being part of the LGBTQ community. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The law was signed by Governor Phil Bryant and will thus come into force on July 1st.</span></p></div><div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img style="float: left;" src="https://www.lezbelib.com/images/stories/2014_News/Mississippi.jpg" alt="Mississippi" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_520"></a><a name="token_714"></a><a name="token_89"></a><a name="token_108"></a><a name="token_066"></a><a name="token_1111"></a><a name="token_064"></a><a name="token_138"></a><a name="token_207"></a><a name="token_229"></a><a name="token_246"></a><a name="token_234"></a><a name="token_259"></a><a name="token_058"></a><a name="token_2710"></a><a name="token_309"></a><a name="token_057"></a><a name="token_319"></a><a name="token_3210"></a><a name="token_335"></a><a name="token_054"></a><a name="token_355"></a><a name="token_375"></a><a name="token_127"></a><a name="Sp2.s2_o"></a><a name="token_318"></a><a name="token_218"></a><a name="token_426"></a><a name="token_053"></a><a name="token_614"></a><a name="token_713"></a><a name="token_88"></a><a name="token_93"></a><a name="token_107"></a>That does not go well in Mississippi where a religious freedom law will prevent the LGBTQ community from reaching the service companies of the State, including the medical departments.</span></p>
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<p>As <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/02/mississippi-religious-freedom-law-gay-people"><em>The Guardian</em></a> explains it, the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act specifies that “exercise of religion” includes “the ability to act or the refusal to act in a manner that is substantially motivated by one's sincerely held religious belief”. It allows state authorities to jeopardise this only when they have an “interest of the highest magnitude that cannot otherwise be achieved”.</p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a name="token_120"></a><a name="Sp3.s2_o1"></a><a name="token_216"></a><a name="token_310"></a>Thus, as analysts for the Human Rights Campaign said, pharmacists in Mississippi would be entitled under the new law to refuse to provide hormone replacement therapy drugs or even HIV medication to people whose sexual orientation offended their religious standpoint.</span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In short, any service firm could refuse to accommodate, serve, lodge, marry, help a pregnant woman if being part of the LGBTQ community. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The law was signed by Governor Phil Bryant and will thus come into force on July 1st.</span></p></div>